Must-read books before graduation (Martlet, March 6, 2025)

Titles from the Martlet's Must-read books before graduation (March 6, 2025) held by UVic Libraries.

Updated March 21, 2025
University of Victoria Libraries  Tina Bebbington, Anthropology and Newspaper Librarian, UVic Libraries
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Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism
Noble, Safiya Umoja
Paper Book
A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for ?black girls??what will you find? ?Big Booty? and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you...
Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism
Noble, Safiya Umoja
Ebook
Blue Bear Woman
Paper Book
The compassionate imagination : how the arts are central to a functioning democracy
Wyman, Max
Paper Book
"The book is worth reading because it does something rather special: it celebrates Canadian arts and offers ideas to promote their continued cultivation. Wyman's ... enthusiasm for the variety and calibre of projects is infectious." -- The Literary Review of Canada A radical...
Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation
Truss, Lynne.
Paper Book
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor...
Eats, shoots & leaves : why, commas really do make a difference!
Truss, Lynne.
Paper Book
Punctuation play is at its finest in this New York Times #1 bestseller! Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can...
A mind spread out on the ground
Elliott, Alicia
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL * CBC * CHATELAINE * QUILL & QUIRE * THE HILL TIMES * POP...
Ourse bleue : roman
Pe?se?mape?o Bordeleau, Virginia
Paper Book

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